Re: [U2] Quick question on Longnames

[Clifton Oliver]

You know, some days the brain just doesn't work very well. Since I 
probably caused confusion to some of the newer folks with my previous 
blathering, let me point out that I answered the question of longnames 
by talking about the Type1 vs Type19 issue. Smooth, real smooth.

Longnames handles the mapping of UV filenames with length > 14 chars 
into a Unix file name of only 14 characters (those 000 and 001 files). 
The VOC file record ID will have the full name with the truncated and 
numbered file names used in fields 2 and 3 of the F pointer.

Even with longnames on, type 1 files still break down into subdirectories.
My preferred usage:
LONGNAMES ON
Type1 files == evil
Type19 files == good
Sorry 'bout the flub.
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Regards,
Clif
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W. Clifton Oliver, CCP
CLIFTON OLIVER & ASSOCIATES
Tel: +1 619 460 5678    Web: www.oliver.com
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Piers Angliss wrote:
Absolutely, longnames on should be automatic (and check that "on" in the
install automatically updates NEWACC) but imho longnames is far less of a
problem than Type1 files which are an absolute pain.
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